Angelina Jordan meets Amy Winehouse- 'Back to Black' 

This quality of voice is like fine wine & just gets better with age & maturity

Angelina Jordan is the epitome of true born talent. A gift! So many out there that have mediocre voices constructed by correction equipment. She's an absolute natural.

Hard to compare Angelina to Amy here as Angelina is still so very young......Love Angelina and always Loved Amy too!

Certainly I have appreciation for the various artists and their styles. But somehow, I always come back to Angelina because of the creativity and emotion she brings while still paying respect to the original artist. Just a genius.

There is no questions Angelina is simply remarkable, a prodigy.

Angelina had one day to change the lyrics before recording Back to Black. She was 11 years old!

Scary unbelievable phenomenal amazing she’s the real deal. If the freaks in show biz don’t wreck her GRAMMYS TONYS OSCARS the sky has no limit for this young lady OMG

I've been to the record stores buying music for over 45 years.The average speding time was two hours.The only time that i stayed ten minutes was one day in 2006 when i ender the music store and i heard Back to Black playing from the speakers.I asked who she was i bought the cd and i went straight home.Amy Winehouse was one and only.Ηer personal life Angelina Jordan is something that she must avoid at any cost.We who love good music we know that if you don't have the right support from managers,musicians and the record company you ain't go nowhere.We will see.We don't want an exellent and unique vioce like hers to be lost.She has a lot to offer in quality music.I wish on each and everyone good health and good years to come by to enjoy Angelina in good music.It will be a very good journey.Greedings from Greece.

Angelina is a capsule that when opened sucks you into her timeless journey...an adventure of the heart and soul that we discover about ourselves as we enjoy the gift she is to all.

amy winehouse will always be remembered as the best british female artist in history ✨ RIP 💔

It's her Version and she killed it With her Magic. It's her melancholic Moon Version 💓💖😍

She started singing at so early age and was and is magnificent !

I love your style of reaction. Very different, and really shows Angelina's talent to it's best. 10 years old, that's crazy.

I,m always overwhelmed by the incongruity of Angelinas age vs the passion and her ability to stir the soul..

Wow Angelina is amazing. Rewriting this song for her tender years. Only 10? Amy Winehouse is an original God rest her soul. Angelina is an amazing talent in every way.

Reactors sometimes forget that Angelina is still a child - singing as good or better than those twice her age.

they're different... both best in their own way. I like Angelina... how delicate

With so many covers and tributes by Angelina one can say without exaggeration: this is far better than the original. And you are right: Here the two are on par. But: Amy in top of her form ever and Angelina at elementary school age! That´s so Incredible!❤

I was never a big fan of Amy's music but I thought Angelina's interpretation was as good as any and the very fact that you are comparing a 10 yr, old to other singers in there 20 , also Rember this is Angelina's 3rd or 4th language. Just shows what a extraordinary talent she is ..I enjoyed your reaction

Great job, Alan! 👏👏👏 Amy Winehouse... my goodness! What an artist! In my opinion and as you said, one of the greatest of the 20th century. Her death was a real blow for many, for music and art in general 😢 Many people have said when Angelina covers someone, she sounds better than the original. Never about Amy. And I agree, if anyone can get close to Amy's talent is Angelina 💕 "Valerie", "Rehab", "I'm no good", "Back to Black" Angelina's versions are so similar yet have the Angelina touch it's mind boggling! Fortunately, Angelina has her "shield" who accompanies her, supports her and protects her wherever she goes, specially because she started her career so early in life. 💖 Angelina has sung this song on other occasions as well, when she was more familiar with the lyrics she had to re-write to make them age appropriate. One thing that's recurring in her songwriting is the "moon", I think for her love and attachment to "Fly Me to the Moon" a song she has included in lots of her concerts, live and recorded performances. P.S.: For me it's "I fall back in LOVE, I love you soo" not "laugh". Laugh doesn't make any sense, IMO But what do I know, lol

Hi Allen I think she is so natural she is blessed God bless you all forever.....🥰🥰💯

Enjoyed your coverage of the song by others & Amy . . . . and then Angelina . Thanks ! RH

Hello again my friend. Yet another wonderful job of assembling, coordinating, and contrasting, and discussing honestly the prodigal talent that is Angelina. From early on in my journey down the rabbit hole, I also can honestly tell you that Amy Winehouse is the only other singer in the modern era that gives me chills like Angelina does. Angelina's gifts are luckily more versatile, but as far as quality voice, yeah Amy was one of a kind and the absolute best of her genre. Angelina is one of a kind as well, and I believe her power will increase as she enters her 20s, but she has an added depth and with her versatile and layered vocals, and the unmatched ability to reach into our souls and embrace us with love like no other singer to my knowledge in history. May you rest in peace Amy, thank you for all that you did for music! Now the torch is in Angelina's hands. Long live Angelina!

I love when she does Amy Winehouse but this is especially remarkable. KORK is the National Public Radio Orchestra of Norway. I've read this was the first take and she finished the lyrics on the ride to the studio. I've liked a lot of artists but I never had a 'favorite' until Angelina. Thanks, Alan, for what you do.

Great presentation as always. No one can do Amy like Angie can.... its no coincidence that no so called super stars ever dared to cover this song...

If you look at Amy's ending, you'll notice she gives a quick courtesy. What I find fascinating is that Angelina is constantly doing that little courtesy when she performs on stage, without realizing Amy did it too.

Yes I agree. Best version of Amy's many performances of this song. Wonderful. Still a gut punch to think of how much she achieved in such a short career & how much more might have been... Am a big fan of Angelina. An exceptional effort at age 11. But incongruity of vocal content & age kept dragging my attention away from full immersion. Would be interesting to see her treatment of this song now - or in 5 years time even. Oh.. and the Lead in the choral acapella piece was sooooo good. Thanks for this comparison piece.

Thanks for this reaction Alan. I heard several covers of several songs from Amy. Amy was my first addiction(in music😜) now it is Angelina. IMO she is the only one who can compare with Amy and the only one who has the same and correct timing and interpretations of Amy's songs.

Alan, what i like about your videos is the fact you showcase Angelina, the artist, and not simply the songs she sings. By bringing her to the forefront, you pique the interest of your viewers, and leave them with the desire to delve further into her musical talent.

This young lady is undoubtedly gifted but Amy had something in her voice that was unique. Her sufference maybe. Other singers can only emule it but Amy was, I repeat, unique and this makes an artist special

I love Amy, there’s no one like her, at all. But I’ve Angelina since she was tiny, she too is remarkable.

Not bad for a 10 year old young lady. As I heard the story, Angelina arranged the lyrics on her way to the recording studio because her mom told her she had to change the word if she wanted to sing this song because she had to make it more age appropriate.

Angelina is amazing👏👏😊

Glad to hear you say we have "quite a distance more" to go with Angelina. I really enjoy this venue. Great job!

Wow love her

Thanks again alan, loved your treatment here. Well done, Steve

Thanks Alan - yes, not bad for a 10 year old indeed 😄 (understatement -LOL). I’m enjoying your format of showing various artist’s versions in these videos. I also like Angelina’s referencing the Moon in many of her songs and videos - seems to maybe hold a special meaning or symbolism for her.

Great Alan. Inciteful and Angelina is so perfect. Thank you.

And she's wearing WHITE. I love her expansive intellect and how her arrangements incorporate every detail - down to her wardrobe. She is a true gift to us. Thank You, God!

I felt everything Amy sang, such a talent

Alan many thanks for once again looking at a number of different artists covering the same song. For me, it helps solidify my deep love and respect for Angelina as a musical artist while at the same time learning about artists I am not familiar with .

i have to wonder.when amy winehouse was alive,people made fun of her on the forums.she was insulted and rejected. because she was brilliant but couldn't live the life of a star and destroyed herself. now she's dead,and everyone adores her and says she was the best of all time. that recognition and support should have been given to her while she was alive.i have always adored her and still adore her for who she was. today angelina has taken her place. she is the genius of the present and future.

Thank you so much for doing this Sir ,I've been following you, as I've been following Angelina, and I really appreciate it very much, thank you again 😊

Angelina is brilliant. Amy sings the experience.

I know this might seem biased since I and Norwegian, but after hearing Angelina Jordan voice every other artist seem like they do not matter - every time I hear her voice I get a chill down my spine - she is truly of another world and a voice that we never have heard for a long time. She is a gift to us and every day I have to lissen to her to bring the spirit on ...... and get me going ..... I am just addicted and with good feelings

Well done again thanks Alan, loved your dancing.

Spot-on comparison video. I love the varied versions you found. Hadn't heard a couple of them. Wonderful work, Alan.

Thank you Alan. Again you always amaze me. My appreciation is sky high for what you are doing. Greatest news and can't wait for more. The respect you show, consistency ,eloquence. You bring laser pointed and proper focus, making sense of what we feel. Can't thank you enough.

Yes! I'm glad you chose the version from Amy at Dingle. I also think that's the best version (and the guy in the hat is amazing!).

She will be one of the best soul singers in the world , if she will not get under the wheels of the dangerous monstertruck called „showbiz“

An indication just how difficult this song is. Only the A Capella version comes close.

Your presentation is unique and interesting in that one can hear the various artists and their renditions of the song. I enjoy the contrast and comparison to Angelina who never disappoints.

Yet again another exceptional journey through performances of this song. The main issue I have with the idea of comparing these performances is that Angelina's was only a rehearsal and possibly the first or second run through. I get the impression that this rehearsal took place after Angelina had been to the fun fair with her school friends. Her vocal warm up was screaming her lungs out on the roller coaster! If you ever thought she couldn't belt out the ultra high notes... After that rides there is a video showing her in the car with her friends in the back, she is in the front reading the lyrics for the rehearsal that was to follow (wearing the same clothes....). I will try to find the link, so far I'm only finding Grandma's shaky footage, there is an NRK crew filming plus drone (perhaps the same crew that filmed the rehearsal?). This poor girl never gets a private moment....

It's not, doing Angelina Jordan again, it's doing Angelina Jordan of course!

NAILED it again as usual, Alan!! (I think I'm being redundant. ) Can't thank you enough.

Thanks Alan, for all the work you put into this. I hadn’t heard most of these so it was really interesting. I’m here for Amy and AJ, who I believe are the greatest gifts of all

Give her 10 years of seasoning and her voice will get deeper and richer.

Well, all this proves is that Angelina is by far the best there is or has been really to be honest.

LOVE the choir version. Wow.

it will be interesting to here A. Jordan in10 more years. She is quite young yet.

And remember she is soo young! Old soul

I like AJ to she is wonderful singer i like what she did with song I just love this girl born to sing LOS verges show was outgo this world

Alan , the YT algorithm took me back to black after listening to your heal the world video. I forgot how awesome this video was. Angelina’s version at 10(?) is amazing. AJ did a recent version with the original lyrics (unfortunately just a fragment of the whole song) but her voice is even more suited to the song today!

Thanks Alan, it’s interesting to see all the artists performing the same song one after the other. Your introductions are excellent! Angelina looks like entering the studio and starting to sing immediately. I like the look full of respect of the violin player in the background when she starts. He knows he’s witnessing a unique moment. Angelina is simply amazing.

I am a new fan of yours! Thank you for doing this video⭐

Another great compilation. Thank you Alan.

So sad. Amy was unbelievable. What a loss to the world

Well done, Alan! You know I love Angelina and her music. Unlike almost everyone else on earth, I was never an Amy Winehouse fan. I don't know why. She was obviously a talented singer, but I just never did connect all that much with the music she chose to record. That includes this particular song and Angelina's immense talent isn't enough to save it for me. That said, it was still interesting hearing the different versions and I'm still looking forward to the next one. Thanks again.

I Love Angelina

Love this, Alan. Thanks for your efforts!

Your comparing winehouse in her prime to Angelina as a young child a few years ago. She has grown as a performer since that recording. She has more range, depth and intensity now. I believe that she has the capacity to be one of the greatest female singers in modern history. She mesmerizes the listener and it pulls you in with every word. She is amazing and she is a gifted talent.

The French guy is basically doing a Sam Smith meets Amy mash-up. The college choir sing "Kept his lips wet" which is a provincial cop-out. The Amy version I prefer is the one with the guitars on the wall behind her. It is similar to the one you show but even less embellished but with more punch. - Meanwhile, I find it harder to muster the sympathy for the life of a pop -star. They can always step back, escape, find solace. Us 7 to 4 workers don't have those options, or court fame. : We are here because we enjoy AJ, but her version, while deft and with the innocence and bravery of youth, lacks any punch, going for introspection and melancholy. It does work as a homage, but bottles the song somehow. Then again, as you say, for a 10 year old it is extraordinary.

Angelina at ten years old , unlike the others is as smooth as molten liquid gold with all her phrases and pronunciations. I think you need to rephrase your comment of , " trying to pay homage to her idol " she did just that ," trying" infers she missed it ,which I would assume you did not mean ...

The difference between Amy and Angelina and the other artists is that the others try to sing emotional, try to sing as beautiful as they can. And yes, some can. But A&A aren't trying, they just sing the song and ARE emotional. They don't try to sing beautiful, they just want to tell a story rather than to sing good. I don't think they even care. And even if there should have been a false note, it would have sounded right. That's talent.

She's the Ying to Bocelli's Yang...two of the most gifted versitile talents on this God's Earth. It'd be such a gift to hear and see Bocelli and Angelina Jordan duet on a piece complementary to their God given talents...it'd be awesome! Would love to hear Angelina do "Valerie"... "Winehouse" was magical...she was Billie, Sara, Ella, etc., encased in one "Body and Soul". Miss her...but Angelina will be "sent" some of Amy's magic to go along with her own outstanding magic.

Excellent ! Merci de Nouvelle-Calédonie 🌺🌞

I always enjoy your work, Alan! It's obvious that you are dedicating hours into research. 👍 You mentioned Mark Ronson. There is already contact between him and Angelina. He provided the backing track for her cover of a song he wrote for Miley Cyrus, "Nothing Breaks Like a Heart", which Angelina has covered. (Angelina always puts credits where they are due in her covers.)

Love what you play this morning

Amy is only and one 🙏🙌🎶🎤🎼💫❤️

Very, very good job..........thanks a lot Dr G

Angelina Jordan really liked her performance also I like Amy Winehouse her performance to me so close

Very good reaction, comparing to others I have not seen before. Keep it up:) Not easy to be as good as Amy, the modern version of Edith Piaf in many ways

yeah, but look how many did not die and still makes music today. Amy is a wonderful singer.

Great work of research and comparison on this song, Alan, very interesting, each artist has chosen a different path, in some cases even too much maybe ... but in the end, when you listen to that 10 year old wren, it seems that everything magically returns to its place right 🤗 ❤️ A thought I had while watching again this recording of Amy, I don't know if she is just my impression, but Angelina seems to share with Amy, in addition to the wonderful hair and the fantastic talent, also a certain stiffness of the movements. 🤔

A big part of Amy Winehouse was her visual charisma, and yes she can sing great, but I prefer A,J and she can sing anything her range is unbelievable

She is a angel from heaven A😊😇😘 She diet becsuse the bad people and now she is in God with peace Amen🙌🙏🙏🙏

Great work, very thorough. My first time here and I really enjoyed how you out corresponding examples together and the discussion of why.

Alan, IMO, the obvious differences in Amy’s and Angelina’s performances, (besides the lyric editing by Angelina) is their ages. Amy clearly sings from the adult perspective of her life experiences and the emotional impact they had on her. Ten year old Angelina is performing this song from her inexperienced adolescent perspective. Her editing of the lyrics reflects her youthful an innocent approach and interpretation. IMO, Amy sang her song better because it’s her song and she was a fully mature women who’s voice was fully developed. However, much credit must be given to then ten year old Angelina for having the self confidence to tackle this song. What we got is an excellent and extremely impressive rendition of Amy’s song. Angelina clearly approached this performance with deep respect, appreciation and reverence toward Amy. To keep things in perspective, do you think a ten year old Amy could have sung nearly as well as ten year old Angelina did? I don’t think so.

Hi, When you say Angelina is not better than Amy, I beg to differ.. Only because Angelina is Angelina doing her own rendition. I bet you if Amy was still alive and tried to do a rendition of a Angelina Song, she would not even come close to AJ’s Tonality, as Talented as she was.. The thing to recognise is when doing a rendition of someone else song, it’s to add something of your Own artistry or signature to it So it becomes your own.. A very young Angelina Jordan achieved that goal with flying colours.. Not only that, but she kept it authentic wile making it her own at the same time.. Not many artists can achieve that fine Balance with such a iconic song that everybody knows.. Angelina has also inherited some of Amy’s skill-set like many iconic artists she has covered before.. in this case, she has inherited Amy Rasp, and she has a Insane control over it for someone so young. Trying to say who is better is really a preference thing.. for Me, I’m a Big Amy fan but what I love about a Singer is, that story telling ability’s , You know when it is kept simple without Unnecessary runs when it’s not needed.. Sometimes to much runs take away the story or message of a song.. Angelina focuses more on the emotions of the Song and telling you the story or Message.. this is the key/ signature or Sacred Art of Real Grate singers.. when telling you the story of the song without over singing.. Amy is doing a lot of over singing in this particular rendition of her own song.. if you know Amy’s unfortunate habits before and after performing, you will know why.. Amy & Angelina has two completely deferent upbringing and life experiences.. these key things make an Artist who they are or it can also take away from there Artistry.

Alan, you're the best. Fastest 19 minutes on youtube. Also, we dance the same.

I wish people would stop comparing her to other artists she's doing her own thing please leave her alone

When I saw we have the same favorite version of Back to Black - Amy Winehouse I just had to subscribe.

I don't think she says "Laugh". I think she says "Love", as in "I fall back in love." That's what I hear her repeat the seven times. She also says laugh at certain points, and that's how I think I can distinguish the difference.

Angelina was wonderful..but Amy..wow

As always I enjoy your analysis Alan. Love the new format of hearing other versions. And I agree it’s not fair to try to compare Angelina to Amy. Her and Adele were huge influences for her and I’m certain she probably sang along with songs by those artists so naturally she’s going to try to create the textures those artists create with their voices. There are artists already covering Angelina’s songs. I am curious about the story that she only got a day to rewrite the lyrics. I would like to hear her talk about that one day. Obviously the lyrics are not appropriate for a ten year old but it would seem someone would have noticed that long before the day before the recording. Perhaps she had lyrics written but was just tinkering with them on the limo ride over. You see her refer to the written lyrics as she is singing

Hi Alan. Guess who. Sorry. Can't help it. Nice video. Liked it. You touched a sour topic. The tragic death of too many young talents: Amy/Kurt/Janis/ jimi/Jim and, if I may add, Whitney, Lenny Bruce. Their misfortune was they all had some inner weaknesses and, most of all, they didn't have a SHIELD. Angelina has none of the former and plenty of the latter. Now,down to business. The voice. "There's something in her voice". In these 3 plus years I've been following Angelina, I've listened to hundreds of reactors (only Angelina's) and suddenly striked me the fact that, among all the praises/technical terms/personal emozioni etc, there was a word recurrent in all their reactions. " Her Voice ". My high school was a "Liceo Classico". Greek and Latin were in it (bleah). Anyway, I couldn't but associate it with Homer. The Syrens. They say Syrens mesmerised and attracted saylors to killer them( or worse). I'm not quite sure Homer intended this way. What I mean is that I believe Angelina is our loving syren. She's calling us. Let's follow her. She'll take us not to our doom but to a better world. Maybe you can make something of my blabbering. Bye. For now.

Alan, thank you for your world as it is also part of my world. However, this song, Back to Black has never been one of my favorites, nor is Amy Winehouse. I have never seen Amy perform until your show and must say that I think you set the bar really low, comparing her to amateur vocalists. Of course her rendition far exceeded the others. One thing I did learn about AJ's version is that she changed the word from Black, to Laugh. I had always thought that it was Love, which to me, made much more sense. It is interesting that your favorite part of the song is where the word is repeated so many times, and that your favorite part of I put a spell on you, ( possibly my favorite AJ song ) is where she sings "opera" like near the end, repeating the sound several times. I'll bet you also like Valerie where she repeats the name many times. ( not one of my favorites either ). The bottom line really is that I don't think she should be compared to any vocalist that has ever lived. She can do things with a song that I don't believe anyone else, including the original, can do. One thing is definitely true, She is in a category of her own and we are blessed to be able to experience it.

For me, I prefer Angelina’s version. Although, both Amy (God Rest Her Soul) and Angelina are amazing artists, Angelina has a softer tone which I prefer. Amy set a rough footprint to follow. That’s for are

It sounds to me that she says "I fall back in Love" because many times she changes her vowel sounds and love makes more sense with her lyrics. I saw the lyrics online but sometimes other people post those, not Angelina. Also, you don't fall in laugh. I am not criticizing you because I saw what the lyrics said online but I would love to find out for sure. I love your reactions

Well I would never compare these two young ladies but A. J. only had on night to change this song before she sang, it seem that she was told the day before that what she was singing.